View synonyms for for-profit

for-profit

[ fer-prof-it ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

(of a business or institution) initiated or operated for the purpose of making a profit:
for-profit hospitals.

Will Christian pharmacists, county clerks, florists, and for-profit wedding chapels really withdraw from society, as you describe?

Allow small businesses—for-profit wedding chapels, caterers, florists—to discriminate against gays.

(2) If a creative professional wants to volunteer to help a for-profit business, that is permissible.

The schools have all hired the same for-profit management company to run their day-to-day operations.

Large national for-profit charter management companies have joined regional powers like Mitchell to lead the charge.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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